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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
re·pute       [ri-pyoot] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -put·ed, -put·ing.
–noun
1.estimation in the view of others; reputation: persons of good repute.
2.favorable reputation; good name; public respect.
–verb (used with object)
3.to consider or believe (a person or thing) to be as specified; regard (usually used in the passive): He was reputed to be a millionaire.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME reputen (v.) < MF reputer < L reputāre to compute, consider, equiv. to re- re- + putāre to think]

—Synonyms 2. distinction, honor. See credit. 3. hold, deem, reckon.
—Antonyms 2. dishonor.
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re·pute       (rĭ-pyōōt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   re·put·ed, re·put·ing, re·putes
  1. To ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to.
  2. To consider; suppose.

n.  
  1. Reputation.
  2. A good reputation.


[Middle English reputen, from Old French reputer, from Latin reputāre, to think over : re-, re- + putāre, to think over; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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repute

noun
1. the state of being held in high esteem and honor [ant: discredit] 

verb
1. look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" [syn: think of] 

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Repute

Re*pute"\ (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reputing.] [F. r['e]puter, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.] To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? --Job xviii. 3.

The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. --Shak.

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Repute

Re*pute"\, n. 1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate.

He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. --Milton.

2. Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute. "Dead stocks, which have been of repute." --F. Beaumont.

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